๐๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ?
Yes, with some caveats based on your power meter and the Which Watch? criteria.
๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฉ๐จ๐
The Stryd Zones datafield is your best choice โ itโs fully compatible with Garmin watches running Connect IQ 5.0.0 or later. Stryd Zones:
โ Downloads workouts planned in the Stryd Ecosystem (via Garmin Connect)
โ Can show various power numbers while running
โ Records power (second-by-second) into your workout file
โ Uploads completed runs into the Stryd Ecosystem (via Garmin Connect)
โก Supports Structured Workouts
โก Provides 3s, 10s, and 30s Power Smoothing
โก Provides current and last Lap Averages.
If you have an older watch (running Connect IQ 3.0.0 through 4.x.x), youโll need to use the Stryd Workout app (for Garmin) to run Structured Workouts.
๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ-๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ
The watches listed at Garmin; Running Power Device Requirements in the section ‘Watch Models That Support Native Running Power’ support Wrist-based power, using Garmin’s ‘Run’ app.
Unfortunately, the watches listed in the section ‘Watch Models That Support Running Power With a Connect IQ App‘ (my italics) did not provide repeatable and concurrently valid results when I studied their output. For that reason, I cannot recommend Garmin’s ‘Power’ datafields.
Garmin’s native running power implementation (on newer watches) meets the criteria but note that:
โ Garmin only offers 10s smoothing. This makes it less useful when running short-duration intervals. Fortunately, it’s possible to use a 3rd-party datafield (like pbRun) to achieve a shorter smoothing interval.
โ While you can use Garmin Connect to plan your workouts, it does not provide power-based metrics that would enable you to calculate your threshold, monitor your training, and plan your events and races. Youโll need to connect a 3rd-party reviewing app to Garmin Connect to obtain metrics.
Instead, Iโd recommend the pbRun datafield, which:
โ Relies on Garmin Connect to download planned workouts, making them available to any app connected to Garmin Connect
โ Can show real-time and lap power numbers while running
โ Records power (second-by-second) into your workout file
โ Relies on Garmin Connect to upload completed workouts, making them available to any app connected to Garmin Connect
โก Supports Structured Workouts
โก Provides 3s, 5s, 10s and 30s Power Smoothing
โก Provides current and last Lap Averages
๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐’๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐?
โ Questions?
๐ Getting Started
๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐: ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ก๐๐ฌ
โฉ Which Watch?
โฉ Can you use an Apple Watch to Run with Power?
โฉ Can you use an Garmin to Run with Power?
โฉ Which other watches work with a Stryd?
โฉ Which other watches offer wrist-based power?